mid-September

[tamaranth]

for the non-morning people amongst you, pretty picture over at tanya_photos

Yesterday ladymoonray and I went to Greenwich, where we were waylaid by bookshops (8 books: £16) and Noodle Time: thence to Oxleas Woods, South-East London's most extensive swathe of ancient (post-Ice Age) woodland, where we wandered around -- knew where we were and where we wanted to be, but woodland paths are curiously twisty and lead you away from your goal: the trick is to be aimless -- until we discovered Severndroog Castle (one of the Restoration projects that didn't win) lurking in the woods, all boarded-up and forlorn.

I see it is open this weekend. ladymoonray?

Also saw a fox; ate blackberries; photographed a monster fuschia; climbed trees; discussed the importance of weight-bearing exercise.

Comments

[easterbunny.livejournal.com]

That sounds like fun - I must visit. Have you been to the Chislehurst Caves? I went on the hottest day in August last year, and the cold air was divine.

[moral-vacuum.livejournal.com]

It's a steady 9 degrees centigrade all year round. It's also one of the places I feel most at home (I find it cozy). ivory_goddess and I had our wedding there (on the druid altar). She wore a backless crushed velvet evening dress, with ivy in her hair. ladymoonray and techno_fear were there.

For about a hundred or so quid, you can have a private tour and they'll around all the bits the normal tours don't go to.

[easterbunny.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a gorgeous wedding. And I am intruigued by the idea of a private tour - I think I know a few people who would be interested.

[ladymoonray.livejournal.com]

Oh waaaaaaaaah! We're already doing the Battle of Britain airshow and Keston Roman Mausoleum on Sunday. I just don't think I can manage Severndroog as well. There need to be more Open House weekends!

Aimlessness is good. As are £2 bookshops, though it's alarmingly easy to spend £20.

Go and buy another copy of Undersea Treasures. I think you do really need one :) Lucy will get ours when we've finished with it. She may be rather older than I first envisaged, which is good because then she can read it herself.

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

if you stay on Saturday, it's on the way home ...

[moral-vacuum.livejournal.com]

There's a mausoleum in Keston? Cool! Where?

Severndroog is gorgeous. We need to win the lottery and buy it. We can install Tanya as "Mistress of Severndroog", and she can wave imperiously from upper storey windows at the rabble beneath.

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

you missed out the words 'an axe' after 'wave'

[moral-vacuum.livejournal.com]

That goes without saying....

(Frankly, at Shooters Hill you'd NEED some heavy weaponry)